The past, present and future of mitochondrial genomics: Have we sequenced enough mtDNAs?

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 47-54

  Smith, David Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genome sequencing; Marine Microbial Eukaryotic Transcriptome Sequencing Project; Microbial diversity; Mitochondrial genome; Mitochondrial transcriptome

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANTHROPOLOGY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME ANALYSIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84957888058     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elv027     Document Type: Review

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